Cord-controller for electric flatirons



zjwuc nto't/ Frfideritk Dichl July 28, 1936. F. DIEHL CORD CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRIC FLATIRONS Filed June 29, 1934 I Patented July 28, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,049,410 ooRn-ooN'moLILER FOR ELECTRIC FLATIRONS Application June 29, 1934, Serial No. 732,993

1 Claim.

This invention relates to controllers or takeups for flexible electrical coductor cords and more v particularly to a cord controller for electric irons which will keep the cord taut and at the same time permit free movement of the iron over the work. I

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved and simplified cord-controlling device permitting an increased range of motion of the iron and which will not subject the cord to destructive strains.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the devices, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

The several features of the present invention will be clearly understood from the following detailed description and accompanying drawing in which:

.25 Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board with my improved controller secured thereto, the controller being shown in one position in full lines and parts of the controller being shown in a different position by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view, partly in section, to show the relation of the component parts. I

In the embodiment illustrated, my improved controller comprising a C-shaped support or bracket I having a clamping face 2 which is adapted to engage the upper surface of the ironing board 3 and a screw 4 provided with the usual clamping member 5 which is adapted to engage the under side of the ironing board 3. Thesupport I is formed with an extending portion 6 provided with an aperture 6' arranged with its longitudinal axis at an inclination to the board engaging face of the clamp 2.

Seated in the aperture 6' is a wearing guard I, preferably of insulating material, and one end of the helically wound spring 8 extends into the aperture 6 and is secured therein by a set-screw 9. The spring 8 is formed from wire having a D- 5 shaped cross-section, as shown in Figure 3, thereby forming a resilient tube with a smooth bore. This construction permits the use of a resilient tube of minimum diameter and also eliminates binding of the cord 10 in the tube, thereby per- 10 mitting the cord to be pulled through the tube readily for the purpose of adjustment or regulating the length of cord between the iron II and the upper end of the tube.

It will be noted that the spring or resilient tube 15 8 extends upwardly and away from the clamping faces 2 and 5, that is, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the spring 8 and the horizontal supporting surface of the ironing board 3 is greater than This arrangement permits an in- 20 crease range of movement for the iron, eliminates the necessity of reinforcing the spring at its base with a separate spring or by winding the spring in a tapered form with an enlarged base, and permits the use of a smaller and more flexible spring,- 25 thereby reducing the strains on the conductor cord.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is:-

In a device of the class described the combina- 30 tion with an electric flat-iron current-supply cord of a cord-controller adapted to be secured to an ironing board or the like, said controller comprising a support having a clamping face for engaging the top surface of the ironing board and an upstanding helically wound cord-controlling spring having coils of uniform diameter from end to end which encircle and embrace said supply-cord and attached at its lower end to said support with its axis normally inclined upwardly from and at an obtuse angle of between and degrees to said clamping face.

FREDERICK DIEHL. 

